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A. R. Ammons quotes

American Poet

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A. R. Ammons quote: "You have your identity when you find out, not what you can..."
You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off. A. R. Ammons
That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends. A. R. Ammons
I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change. A. R. Ammons
Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same. A. R. Ammons
I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry. A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons quote: "In nature there are few sharp lines."
In nature there are few sharp lines. A. R. Ammons
If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.' A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons quote: "Is it not careless to become too local when there are four..."
Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. A. R. Ammons
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons quote: "If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up..."
If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included. A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons quote: "Only silence perfects silence."
Only silence perfects silence. A. R. Ammons
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition. A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons quote: "There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation..."
There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world. A. R. Ammons
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. A. R. Ammons
Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. A. R. Ammons

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